Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 09:52:32 -0500
Reply-To: Donald Baxter <onanov@MINDSPRING.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Donald Baxter <onanov@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject: Re: Coolant Temps
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
No pressure? Then how would one fill and bleed a Vanagon if you installed
this coolant. How does coolant circulate without pressure? One of the
problems I have with my Vanagon is that while my thermostat is stuck open,
I'll never be able to bleed the air bubbles out of the coolant fully.
Considering that the van never reaches normal operating temperature unless
it's 102 degrees outside (rare, but possible in my part of Iowa) I haven't
worried too much about this. New thermostat on the way.
_____
Donald Baxter Iowa City, Iowa
(319) 337-0494
www.mindspring.com/~onanov
Emily Dickenson "to-do" list
1. Write poem
2. Hide poem
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Stearns" <gstearns@OPTONLINE.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 6:34 AM
Subject: Re: Coolant Temps
> It's not as efficient, your right, but that's not it's advantage. For a
WBX
> the advantage is NO WATER. Sierra is not the same thing. It is intended
> to be mixed with water, the Evans coolant is used straight. 1) With no
water
> there is no head corrosion. 2) With no water there is no pressure cap
used.
> No pressure = no pressure caused head leaks and no pressure caused heater
> leaks and no exploding hoses.
> The engine does run hotter. That is neither advantage nor disadvantage.
> The temp at the radiator is irrelevant. A cooling system needs to get the
> heat out of the hottest spots in the cylinder head. For performance
engines
> this is the advantage. Knocking down these hot spots allows increased
> ignition timing without knock, higher turbo boost pressure without knock
> etc. Evans is not snake oil. It is a very well engineered alternative
that
> is up against the NIH (not invented here) resistance of the other coolant
> mfgs. and the car mfgs. Go to the site and read.
>
> Gary
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joel Walker" <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 2:31 PM
> Subject: Re: Coolant Temps
>
>
> > > Has anyone tried a correctly engineered propylene glycol coolant?
> > The Evans system (no water=no corrosion) sounds very promising. Check
> > it out at: http://www.evanscooling.com/
> >
> > kinda odd to see the claims that they are making for prop. glycol ....
> > what i've heard (and read on the backs of the containers) is that p.
> > glycol is NOT as efficient as the ethylene glycol ... that is, a
> > e.glycol mix goes to lower temps in winter and higher temps in summer
> > (than the p.glycol mix). this sounds like the same old Sierra p.glycol
> > mix of a few years ago. the package kinda looks like it, too.
> >
> > only thing i saw with p.glycol was that it wasn't poisonous to animals
> > and people ... the e.glycol is definitely poisonous. :(
> >
> > joel
> >
|